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Gephuropora

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Gephuropora was named by Etheridge (1920).

It was assigned to Favositidae by Mironova (1971).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Gephuropora Etheridge
1971Gephuropora Mironova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
genusGephuroporaEtheridge 1920

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Gephuropora Etheridge 1920
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Gephuropora infera Volkova et al. 1978
Gephuropora parvula Mironova 1971
Gephuropora sibirica Mironova 1971
Gephuropora varia Volkova et al. 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Emsian or 443.10000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) G. infera (79454 79459 79460 79461 79484 79525) G. infera, G. varia (79516) G. varia (79483)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) G. infera (79398 79421 79467 79486) G. varia (79527)
Siegen413.02 - 410.62Mongolia G. crebrespinosa (79714) G. multiplicata (79688)
Siegen413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Altay) G. parvula, G. sibirica (79025)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Vietnam G. krekovensis (83329)